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#53C2BC

#53c2bc ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#53c2bc is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 32.55% red, 76.08% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.22% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.09% yellow and 23.92% black. Its hue angle is 176.76°, with 47.64% saturation and 54.31% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 3.9.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.4405

Complementary

  1. #53c2bc
  2. #c25359

Split complementary

  1. #53c2bc
  2. #c25390
  3. #c28453

Analogous

  1. #53c284
  2. #53c2bc
  3. #5390c2

Triadic

  1. #53c2bc
  2. #bc53c2
  3. #c2bc53

Tetradic

  1. #53c2bc
  2. #5359c2
  3. #c25359
  4. #c2bc53

Square

  1. #53c2bc
  2. #8453c2
  3. #c25359
  4. #90c253

Monochromatic

  1. #205c58
  2. #34948f
  3. #53c2bc
  4. #8bd6d2
  5. #c4eae8

Shades

#53c2bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #53c2bc
  2. #4bafa9
  3. #429b96
  4. #3a8884
  5. #327471
  6. #2a615e
  7. #214e4b
  8. #193a38
  9. #112726
  10. #081313
  11. #000000

Tints

#53c2bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #53c2bc
  2. #64c8c3
  3. #75cec9
  4. #87d4d0
  5. #98dad7
  6. #a9e1de
  7. #bae7e4
  8. #cbedeb
  9. #ddf3f2
  10. #eef9f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#53c2bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #53c2bc
  2. #58bbb6
  3. #5cb5b0
  4. #61aeaa
  5. #65a8a4
  6. #6aa19e
  7. #6e9a98
  8. #739492
  9. #778d8c
  10. #7c8786
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #95b8b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8b9bc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6acbd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c7c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9abdbc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8cb5bd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #28c5be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-53c2bc {
  color: #53c2bc;
}
Background
.bg-53c2bc {
  background-color: #53c2bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-53c2bc {
  border: 2px solid #53c2bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #53c2bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 83 194 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 48% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-53c2bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #53c2bc, #5390c2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-53c2bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(83 194 188 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 3.90 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 3.90 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 4.19 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 4.29 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 5.04 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 5.41 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.99 #ac3d43 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#53c2bc  rgb(83, 194, 188)  hsl(177, 48%, 54%)  Medium Turquoise
#c25359  rgb(194, 83, 89)  hsl(357, 48%, 54%)  Brick Red
#bc53c2  rgb(188, 83, 194)  hsl(297, 48%, 54%)  Medium Orchid
#c2bc53  rgb(194, 188, 83)  hsl(57, 48%, 54%)  Vegas Gold